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Meal families

Main courses

Nigirizushi

Vinegared rice hand-pressed and topped with an ingredient (raw or cooked fish, seafood, vegetables, etc.), usually served with wasabi.

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Pork

Grilled pig’s trotter with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Feathered game

Thrushes cassolette with black olive

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Main courses

Aligot and grilled sausage

Aligot : mashed potatoes blended with butter, cream, and fresh Tome cheese from Aubrac, enriched with finely chopped or crushed garlic.

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Sheep and Goats

Provençal lamb daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Salmon pie

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Cheeses

Idiazabal

Spain. Basque Country.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk.
Ripening : 60 days minimum.

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Poultry

Roasted squab à la goutte de sang

Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.

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Cured Meats

Macon-style andouillette

Small chitterling sausage with shallot, mushroom, white wine and mustard.
Served hot.

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Main courses

Hake rougaille

Rougaille : very spicy sauce or paste made of chopped fruits or vegetables with crushed ginger, sliced onions, and chili peppers.
Served chilled with the Carry.

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Cured Meats

Lonzu

France. Corsica.
Salted charcuterie, washed with wine before being dried and peppered, then smoked.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Red berry trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake soaked in fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes layered with jam, custard, and whipped cream.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Fresh goat cheese quiche

Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Orange mousse

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Seafish

Roasted sea bass with basil butter

Basil butter : butter and basil.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast baron of lamb with blueberry

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.

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